Confidential review recommended change to prevent possible abuse of Dáil clock-in system

Under the current system, TDs and Senators are obliged to ‘fob’ in for 120 days each year to be paid allowances of between €5,250 and €34,065 depending on how far they live from Leinster House. File picture

A confidential review of how TDs and Senators claim expenses said a system was needed that provided “certainty of identity” to stop politicians from having others clock in to work on their behalf.

The report was prepared in 2021 following media coverage of “alleged abuses” of the system for payment of travel and accommodation allowances to politicians.